I had a chance to shoot pro surfing. Was pretty fun. i had the biggest lens on the beach, including the press, untill a guy showed up with a 600m f4. But I had a 1.4X and 2X extender, so i like to think i still won.

Tex...great photos! All 3 are fantastic. And yes, it looks like you are the last one on the planet to use this lens.

Thanks! I guess you can't gauge how many people shoot with this based on posts here. People with the new VII are probably just more excited and post more often. And of course it is a super-tele, and thus relatively rare.

I don't think I appear in the photo. The glasses are angled too far away from me. The big guy in the orange mucle T is a friend of mine, and i think was 5- feet away, and between me and the beach. I have the big 400 on a tripod with gimble head, so i think i'd stand out.

Here are 2 more similar photos. These pics are me at pro surf contests, looking for targets on the beach with the 400. I appear in the first one on the right in a yellow T-shirt.